Frederick Ernest Appleyard (6 June 1829 – 4 April 1911) was a

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commander who served in numerous

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military campaigns including the

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and the

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. He rose to the rank of

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during his career.

Background

Appleyard was born on 6 June 1829 in

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to Frederick Newman Appleyard (formerly Cursitor of the High Court of the Chancery). He attended

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. Appleyard's first wife, whom he married at Trinity Church, Hyde Park on 8 December 1855, was Louisa "Louise" Andrew (1834 – 27 September 1881), daughter of Alexander Andrew of Porchester Terrace,

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. On 22 April 1885 at

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, he married Gertrude Tuppen (22 April 1865 – 9 June 1917) daughter of Harry Tuppen of

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later competed in the archery event at the 1908 London Olympic Games.

Career

Appleyard first enlisted as an

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in the

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on 14 June 1850 at the age of twenty. He served in the Second Anglo-Burmese War in 1852, and was present at the capture of Martaban, operations before

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on 12, 13 and 14 April, the capture of the Great Dragon Pagoda with the storming party, and capture of Prome ( Medal with clasp for Pegu). During the Black Sea Campaign of the Crimean War in 1854-55 he served with the

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, was present at the Battle of Alma, where he was wounded, and the Battle of Inkerman; the Siege of Sevastopol, including the sorties on 5 April and 9 May, the defence of the Quarries on 7 June, and the assault on the Redan on 18 June, where he was again wounded. Appleyard was

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, receiving the Crimea Medal with three clasps. Appleyard was promoted to Brevet-Major after the war, was appointed a Knight of the Legion of Honour by France, and to the fifth class of the Order of the Medjidie, and the Turkish Crimea Medal from the Ottoman Empire. During the

, 1878–79, he was in command of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Division of the Peshawar Valley Field Force. He was present at the attack and capture of Ali Musjid, where he was mentioned in dispatches, and in the Bazaar Valley, where he was again mentioned in dispatches. He received the Afghanistan Medal with clasp. He was Gazetted a Companion of the Bath on 29 May 1875.

Retirement

Appleyard retired from the military in 1884 at the rank of Major General.

Death

Appleyard died on 4 April 1911, aged 81. He is buried in Kensal Green cemetery.

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